Deidra & Laney Rob a Train Page #4

Your old man. There he is.

Thank you for doing this.

Mr. Truman, let's start with...

- Detective Truman.

- Detective Truman. Excuse me.

- Let's talk about what...

- Oh, there he goes.

- Wait, so people still rob trains?

- Oh, yeah.

They do it all the time. It's easy.

But not that I've personally...

See, the companies,

they pay for insurance,

then the insurance

just reimburses the companies.

And then we as the consumers,

we pay, like, a 10% markup

on everything anyway.

It covers the theft, so...

So no new information

about what was stolen?

Well, rail police?

Like... police, police?

That's what they call themselves.

They're just there to cover the company's

ass. It's corporate bullshit.

Yeah, and the whole yard got sacked

in New Orleans.

So Abe's gonna transfer down there

to fill a slot,

which opens up a slot for head mechanic.

Guess who's gonna slide in there.

- Thanks.

- I've gotta go.

What? Wait, why?

I'm gonna be head mechanic, babe!

A pageant?

I only joined because Claire told me

to come with her.

- I'm sorry, Claire?

- She's... she's my only friend after...

You have friends?

- Nothing good ever happens to me.

- Hey, no. Laney bug.

- You won that Geography Bee, remember?

- That was Deidra.

Yes, it was Deidra, wasn't it?

Um...

Hey, did I ever tell you

that I was Teen Miss Idaho?

Oh, yeah.

Right when I was your age.

I had a crown and a sash

and a dress and the whole thing.

I felt so special.

I even got to audition for Teen Life.

- Oh. What's that?

- Teen Life, the TV show.

It was the reality show of the '90s.

Every teenager in the world wanted

to be on it

and the producers, they loved me.

They said that I was spunky.

What? You didn't do it?

No, no, couldn't do it.

I got pregnant with your sister.

Thought I could reach

for something more, but...

- "More" is not for us.

- No, baby, I don't think it is.

Okay, uh, we should go.

- Come on. We gotta go.

- Huh?

- Laney bug?

- Bye, Mama.

Sh*t, sh*t, sh*t.

Sorry, buddy, it's not much.

We're out of food, and the power's out.

- I'll add it to my list.

- Where were you?

I, uh, went to see Chet.

I went to see Mom.

Remember, um...

Remember when Chet used

to let us ride the trains?

Yeah. Stupid.

I got finalist

for the Teen Miss Idaho pageant.

I'm gonna rob the train.

- Well, why did I think you'd care?

- I'm not joking.

I mean, forget school, glitter bunny.

Do you know what's going on here?

Yeah. Mom's in jail,

and you're talking about train robbing.

No, I'm about to give up going to college

so that I can get a full-time job

to support you and Jet.

And even then, I might not make enough.

What about savings?

Mom said everything would work out.

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